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I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it.

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Kathryn Stockett
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Jackson
Mississippi
Thought
Delicious
Really
Insanity
Always
Roll
Would
Bitter
Feeling
Dark
Feelings
Around

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